Combination vocal and instrumental music sheet.



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. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908. v DING.. OOMBINATI FRANK B. BEINKAMP, or oioINNA'rI,

OHIO, AND LEBBEUS L. HARDING, OF CANON CITY, COLORADO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed August iaism. Serial No. 389,161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that we, FRANK B. BEINKAMP and LEBBEUS'L. HARDING, citizensof the United States, residing, respectively, in Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, and in Canon City, in the countyof Fremont and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combination Vocal and Instrumental Music Sheet, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to means for enabling a singer to measure thedistance or space upon. a music sheet for automatic musical instrumentsover whichthe word should be held in singing, the object being toarrange the words upon the music sheet in such a Way' as to enable theoperator ofthc musical instrument to sing the words in exact unisonwiththe' music rendered by the instrument.

Our invention consists in providing an aportured sheet of paper adaptedto be Wound upon a roll with words arranged admont.

' therefrom to and along one or more of the.

jacont to the apertures therein, and with charactersadapted to indicateby lineal ex tent the space over which the Words or syllables thereofshould be held by the singer.

In the drawing: Figure 1 isa view of part of a music sheet embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing our invention mountedupon the rolls of an automatic musical instrument and passing over thetracker-board thereof. Fig. 3 isanother view of a music sheetillustrating a further ada tation of our invention.

e provide a sheet of apertured paper 1 (having apertures. 2 arrangedtherein in the usual manner to be used in producing automaticinstrumental music) with words 3 comprising a song, the sentences ofwhich are arranged longitudinally thereof, while the words of thesentences are disposcd transversely of the sheet and adjacent to thcapertures therein, so that as the sh t 1 is passing from the roll 4 tothe roll 5 over the tracker- -board 6 of an automatic musicalinstrument,

song may be read and sung in exact unison with the music being renderedby the instru- A lineal character crime 7 is placed adjacent each wordor syllable and extends apertures 2 to indicate the distance or spaceover which such. Word or syllable should be held by the singer or toindicate the times at which the several vocal tones should be sustained.A horizontal line above a word without any character extending therefromalong the aperture or apertures indicates that the word is to be spokenquickly and is not to be held as when the character extends along theaperture or apertures. We preferably rovide the characters 7 with marks8 to lllL icate the Volume of sound to be produced in singing said wordsover the space covered by said marks, the sound to increase or diminishin volume in proportion to the distance'of said mark from saidcharacter.

The passing of the words, characters and denoting the increase anddecrease of volume.

We are aware that it is not new to employ Words opposite the aperturesin a sheet of music )apcr for automatic instruments, thewords oeing soarranged as to indicate by their position the time at which they shouldbe sung to correspond with the tune to which. they are set. It has alsobeen proposed to combine with music sheets having apertures a set ofmusical notes of ordinary significance to indicate to an operator who isskilled in music the'charactcr of the composition being rendered by theinstrument. But we behave it to be original with us to employ inconnection with printed words )oculiar visible aharactors upon a movablea )ortured music shoot, the characters not only being placed adjacent totheir corresponding note apertures, but indicating by their linealextent upon the movable s loot the precise length of time the severalvocal tones should This invention would increase the sale of playerpianos and also the sale of music. It would provide amusement andrecreation for those Who are not educated in singing, yet have a longingfor the old established s(ings,' such as, The Suwanee River, Old Folksat Home, Old Kentuekyl lome, etc. With a player piano and a music rollmarked as herein indicated, it would enable those who love this class ofsongs as Well as those who care for the most classical songs, and whoare unable to produce the same, to do so in a very satisfactory manner.It.wouldeducate in singing a great number of people who otherwise wouldnot become interested, the old line of learning being too tedious andexpensive.

We claim:

1. The herein described sheet for automatic musical instruments, saidsheet having note apertures of varying lengths, syllables comprisingwords of a song to indicate those note apertures corresponding thereto,and lineal characters adjacent to said syllables, said characters beingcomposed of lines extending from each syllable to and along said noteapertures as far as said syllable to be held by the singer. A

2. The combination, with a tracher-board and rollers of an automaticmusical instrument, of a music sheet connected with said j rollers andcooperating With said trackerboard, said sheet being provided with noteapertures, syllables comprising Words of a song arranged to indicatethose note a ertures oorresponding thereto, and lineal caraeters-arranged adjacent to said s llables and extending therefrom inthe movement of the sheet, said lineal characters being of varyin extentto indicate the varying times at which the several vocal tones should besustained.

3. The combination, with a tracker-board and rollers of an automaticmusical instrument, of a music sheet connected with said' rollers andcooperating with said trackerboard, said sheet being provided with noteapertures, syllables comprising Words of a song arranged to indicatethose note apertures corresponding thereto, and lineal charactersarranged adjacent to said s llables and extending therefrom in thedirection of movement of the sheet, said lineal characters being ofvarying extent and arrangement to indicate the varying Volume of tonesand times at which the several vocal tones should be sustainei FRANK B.BEINKAMP. LEBBEUS L. HARDING. l'Vitnesses: I JAMES N. RAMSEY, CLARENCEPnnnnw.

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